mappemonde
English
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin.
Noun
mappemonde (plural mappemondes)
French
Une mappemonde de Guillaume Delisle
Alternative forms
- mappe-monde
Etymology
From Old French, from Latin mappa mundī.
Noun
mappemonde f (plural mappemondes)
- A map of the world, showing the two hemispheres as separate circles.
Further reading
- “mappemonde” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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